Dieter Runkel

Dieter Runkel
	Dieter Runkel (right) during the 1993 Tour de France
Personal information
Born	21 December 1966 (age 57); Obergösgen, Switzerland
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Cyclo-cross; Road;
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1993–1994	WordPerfect–Colnago–Decca
1995	Gerber
1995	Scott
1995–1997	Saeco–Wheeler
Medal record
Representing Switzerland
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships

Dieter Runkel (born 21 December 1966 in Obergösgen) is a Swiss former cyclist.^[1]

Specializing in cyclo-cross, he won the UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships in 1995. He also rode in the 1993 Tour de France, finishing in 131st position.

Major results

1992

1st Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

1st Stage 3

v t e UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race
1950–1959	Jean Robic (1950) Roger Rondeaux (1951–1953) André Dufraisse (1954–1958) Renato Longo (1959)
1960–1979	Rolf Wolfshohl (1960–1961) Renato Longo (1962) Rolf Wolfshohl (1963) Renato Longo (1964–1965) Erik De Vlaeminck (1966) Renato Longo (1967) Erik De Vlaeminck (1968–1973) Albert Van Damme (1974) Roger De Vlaeminck (1975) Albert Zweifel (1976–1979)
1980–1999	Roland Liboton (1980) Hennie Stamsnijder (1981) Roland Liboton (1982–1984) Klaus-Peter Thaler (1985) Albert Zweifel (1986) Klaus-Peter Thaler (1987) Pascal Richard (1988) Danny De Bie (1989) Henk Baars (1990) Radomír Šimůnek (1991) Mike Kluge (1992) Dominique Arnould (1993) Paul Herygers (1994) Dieter Runkel (1995) Adri van der Poel (1996) Daniele Pontoni (1997) Mario De Clercq (1998–1999)
2000–2019	Richard Groenendaal (2000) Erwin Vervecken (2001) Mario De Clercq (2002) Bart Wellens (2003–2004) Sven Nys (2005) Erwin Vervecken (2006–2007) Lars Boom (2008) Niels Albert (2009) Zdeněk Štybar (2010–2011) Niels Albert (2012) Sven Nys (2013) Zdeněk Štybar (2014) Mathieu van der Poel (2015) Wout van Aert (2016–2018) Mathieu van der Poel (2019)
2020–2039	Mathieu van der Poel (2020–2021) Tom Pidcock (2022) Mathieu van der Poel (2023–2024)